Size vs Skill in Hockey Legends: Pocket Rocket and Joliat
In Calvert’s sports note, Henri Richard known as the Pocket Rocket faces weight bias while Aurel Joliat, 155 pounds in the 1920s, proves skill can overcome size. Joliat’s pale appearance and stomach trouble did not hinder 16 seasons of elite play with precise shots and sharp puck handling.
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Henri Richard
Rocket Richard
Pocket Rocket
Aurel Joliat
Joliat
Canadiens
Dusseldorf Chooses King of Somersault Turns
In Dusseldorf a yearly contest names a King from 30 children aged eight to ten. Nine-year-old Reiner Peiden won after rolling 170 feet in the event. Origins trace to the fifth century and the city honors the tradition with a monument fountain featuring somersaulting boys.
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Dusseldorf
Gusseldorf
Reiner Peiden
Edad
This Killer Has A Hundred Legs
A six inch centipede feared for its lethal bite was brought to London Zoo after being found among bananas in Covent Garden. Reports from travelers describe pain so severe it drives victims to extreme counter measures, though experts note no centipede has exactly 100 feet.
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London Zoo
Covent Garden
Solomian Islands
Whale Meat or Fish Debate Trims Norwegian Court
A Bergen magistrate ruled whale is not meat in the ordinary sense though not necessarily fish after a stallholder argued twenty years of sale. The judge weighed biblical verses and marine biology in a lighthearted verdict that amused locals and prompted playful musings on aquatic life.
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Bergen
Matthew
Jonah
Hartford Conn. Courant
Carter
Ocean sounds reveal noisy deep sea conversations
Scientists using hydrophones 100 miles off Bermuda recorded a chaotic deep sea soundscape. Snapping shrimps clicked like castanets while groupers and toadfish produced deep booms and whistles. grunts voiced by gnashing teeth create a bedlam of underwater noise.
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Lewis Caroll
Bermuda
Classified ad touts high egg production breeds and poultry supplies
An advertisement promotes Shaver Strain Cross White Leghorns Warren Strain Cross Rhode Island Red and other breeds for top egg yield with minimal feed. It also lists broiler breeds turkey poults and pullets plus a dealer recruitment and various catalog offers from Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Ltd and others. Includes Christmas specials for clothing and home goods and notes patent services from Petherstonhaugh & Company.
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Rhode Island
Warren
Sussex
Fergus
Ontario
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Calvert Sports Column
By Elman Ferguson
Ken Doraty
Ottawa
NHL
Leafs
Senators
Thunder
Giants
Doraty
Bruins
Rabbit wheVeigh
New York Americans
Balding
Normie Himes
Will Tech
Elmer Ferguson
c/a
Calvert House
Yonge St
Toronto
Calvert
Amherstburg, Ontario
Somersault
Pickle Works
Union Pacific
Dreher Pickle Company
Sylvan Grove
Neisy Depths
BABY
Nicholas Strain
Thompson
A.O. Smithtone
A. O. Smith
Beltsville Witten
Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Ltd
Canada
Eighteenth Street
New
Toronto Ontario
Walkerton
Ont
J. 1. Love
Medora and
Wood
Glen Orchard
Muskoka
Cliff Taylor
Ridgetown
Fouiries
Roger Weir
R.R
Prescott
Grenville Co
International Harvester Co
Mark Wellington
Camlachie
Dwyer Electric Service
Morrisonville Road
Plattsburg
New York
IGIN
Marvel
America
Bloor St
Ing St
Hamilton
Rideau St
Petherstonhaugh & Comany
University Ave
Ramsay Co
Bank St Oliana
The
Medico Agency
Toronto Ont
Keyes Studio
Croydon
Pennsylvania
U.S.A
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Anan
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